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Is ProtonVPN worth it? (dice.camp)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is ProtonVPN worth it?

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Got reminded of this while reading about ProtonMail. The reason I haven't gotten into proper #piracy is that I don't have a VPN for torrenting, and the reason I don't have a VPN is that I don't #torrent. So it would be nice if I got a good VPN while #degoogling myself.

Will ProtonVPN rat me out to Comcast? I know some VPNs don't hide what you're downloading from your ISP, for reasons I don't fully understand.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As far as I know, proton doesn't allow port forwarding, so makes using it for torrenting suboptimal. If you want to use torrents with a VPN, there's better options

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

PF works with proton, I use it. But you have to continuously call it to stay open. (On linux)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it's a bit annoying and really should be built in to the CLI or GUI apps.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It does allow port forwarding. The Windows app supports it. On Linux, you can do it via a one-liner script: https://protonvpn.com/support/port-forwarding-manual-setup/